Montfortia hermosa
Montfortia hermosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]
Montfortia hermosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Genus: | Montfortia |
Species: | M. hermosa |
Binomial name | |
Montfortia hermosa (Lowe, 1935) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The shell grows to a size of 7 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of California, Mexico.
References
- Bouchet, P. (2012). Montfortia hermosa (Lowe, 1935). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585819 on 2012-12-31
- McLean J.H. (2011) Reinstatement of the fissurellid subfamily Hemitominae, with the description of new genera, and proposed evolutionary lineage, based on morphological characters of shell and radula (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 54(1-2): 407-427.
External links
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Hemitoma (Montfortia) hermosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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